FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2
| Chris Stapleton
FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2
From A Room: Volume 2 is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton, released on December 1, 2017 through Mercury Nashville. Produced by Dave Cobb and Stapleton, the album comprises a range of music styles, including country, Southern rock and Southern soul. Commercially, it debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Nashville institution Chris Stapleton followed his 2015 breakthrough with two new albums this year. They showcase his omnivorous approach to country music in all its dignified melancholy.
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NPR Music
Few would have predicted Chris Stapleton's dominance earlier this decade, but he's commanded the spotlight for long enough now — through show-stealing televised performances, major awards show wins and enviable album sales —to bring what it is about him that people are responding to into focus.
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Variety
A recent CMA winner, and current multiple Grammy nominee, Stapleton is set to hog more than one spot on critics' country 2017 best lists with his second album this year.
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Rolling Stone
Chris Stapleton, One of Country’s Hottest Names, Makes It a Double
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Pop Matters
It's Stapleton's grasp on the constant joys of life despite the troubles that makes his music essential and enduring.
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UPROXX
Chris Stapleton Offers More Of The Same On ‘From A Room: Vol. 2,’ And That’s A Good Thing
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Slant
Like its predecessor, Volume 2 is marked by casual virtuosity, with Stapleton pulling together a range of moods and stylistic tropes while maintaining an organic, unified sound.
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Sounds Like Nashville
Chris Stapleton proves exactly why he wins all those Album of the Year trophies with his latest release, From A Room: Volume 2.
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All Music
It's a collection of moments, just like From A Room: Volume 1, but that's the charm of From A Room: Volume 2. Stapleton isn't crafting a major statement; he's knocking out a bunch of songs that work on their own terms -- and when the two records are combined, it's clear he's the lifer he intends to be.
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Cryptic Rock
This is a record that is as genuine as anything that has come out of Nashville in the last 15 years, and Stapleton has done it all while maintaining a working man’s credibility, something that cannot be faked.
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Country Exclusive
My biggest takeaway from this whole thing is that 1 and 2 together would have made a great single album, maybe trimmed down some. As it is, these are both just decent albums.
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Lexgo
Stapleton’s vivid, unvarnished musical portraits are already striking in ways that distinguish him from pretty much any of his country contemporaries.
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folk radio
Reckon they might as well start engraving that CMA 2018 Album of the Year award now.
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Herald Standard
The Kentucky native’s third effort continues to highlight his trademark vocals and poignant songwriting with “From A Room: Volume 2.” This second installment offers up another nine tracks possessing elements of Southern rock, blues and classic country.
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Nashville Over Here
What is possible to say is that whilst neither “From A Room: Volume 1” or “Volume 2” have quite the same fresh, new quality as “Traveller”, neither Stapleton’s writing, and more importantly his vocal capacity have changed, and that automatically makes the record a winner.
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Maximum Volume
He's a rough and ready honky-tonk man. And he's back for round two.
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Sputnik Music
A quick dose of the best that modern country has to offer.
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Sidelines
Chris Stapleton’s ‘From A Room: Volume 2’ picks up where its predecessor leaves off.
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Spectrum Culture
Less a cohesive album than a sharply curated collection.
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Lula 1892
Chris Stapleton has broadened the genre of mainstream country music, creating a much-needed crack in the pop and “bro” country wall. We’ve gotten so used to a hip-hop, pop, and rap laced subgenre which Chris Stapleton has offered a welcomed, soulful, and fresh alternative to.
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Country Standard Time
His music, like the best of traditional country or blues, is simple and unadorned, a perfect accompaniment for his vocals, so strong and heartfelt that loss comes across convincingly and the dangers of hard living seem to be honest confessions.
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Mike's Daily Jukebox
Volume 2 is dare I say it, possibly even better! The second release this year feels a little more cohesive and carries a consistent theme but you really can’t go wrong with each choice as the pick of the year.
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The Inquirer
Chris Stapleton’s breakthrough has been one of the more heartening developments out of Nashville in recent years.
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chorus.fm
The result is that both From A Room albums are easier listens than Traveller—particularly Volume 2, which goes down like the smoothest whiskey you’ve ever tasted.
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Your Life In A Song
As with its predecessor it takes the listener deeper into Stapleton’s talents as a writer and musician.
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americana UK
With his second release of the year, Chris Stapleton pretty much cements his reputation as traditional country music’s biggest star.
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Las Vegas Weekly
CHRIS STAPLETON’S ‘FROM A ROOM: VOLUME 2’ PLAYS LIKE A SOLID ODDS AND SODS
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The Musical Hype
Ever-consistent and ever-compelling, country music standout Chris Stapleton returns with another superb album with ‘From a Room: Volume 2.’
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Entertainment Focus
From a Room: Volume 2 continues Stapleton’s impressive streak. His material is always worth listening to and there’s no one like him in Country music right now.
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Independent
While this partner set doesn’t have quite the sustained quality of the preceding album released six months ago, it still affirms the value of spiking country music with a strong shot of rhythm & blues.
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Penn State CommRadio
Eight months after releasing From A Room: Vol. 1, he picks up right where he left off with 9 new songs that display his soulful country folk and blues mixed with Southern rock.
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That Music Magazine
From A Room: Volume 2 is a soulful record that takes themes of loss, loneliness, excesses, gratitude, and friendship and delivers a powerful, barn-burning punch to the gut.
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Music Republic Magazine
It is quite simply, the very best country album of this year.
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My Kind of Country
Chris Stapleton’s second blues-influenced album of the year is broadly similar in mood to the first, but feels a little more consistent and cohesive.
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Brooklyn Vegan
Vol 2 is an instantly enjoyable album and so easy to play again and again. It takes a truly great artist to follow one of the biggest breakthroughs in recent memory with something that might be even more appealing, and Chris Stapleton has done it.
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Media Milwaukee
Stapleton’s ‘From A Room’ is What Every Music Fan Needs.
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Building Our Own Nashville
Chris Stapleton’s eagerly anticipated second installment of 2017 doesn’t disappoint.
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Wide Open Country
While certainly an homage to classic country, rootsy blues and southern rock, From A Room isn’t just recycled commentary and the reshuffling of the deck by Stapleton and company. It’s Stapleton diving further into the American songbook.
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The Post
Chris Stapleton is equally narrative and introspective on ‘From A Room: Volume 2’
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One Country
Chris Stapleton’s ‘From A Room: Vol.2′ Features Tortured, Hard Livin’ Souls, But It’ll Still Make You Feel Good
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Dirt Road Anthems
Perhaps one of the most highly anticipated album releases of the year, Chris Stapleton has delivered with From A Room: Volume 2.
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stereoboard.com
On a song-by-song basis, ‘Volume One’ is marginally stronger. But in terms of its broader, deeper storytelling, ‘Volume 2’ is the more interesting album.
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Spectrum Pulse
I liked From A Room: Vol. 2 a lot, the first genuinely great project from Stapleton and one that with every original song indicates an artist taking the right steps going forward.
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Six Shooter Country
The second half of ‘From A Room’ drops and it’s more of the same… in a good way!
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The Red & Black
Chris Stapleton returns with soulful 'From A Room: Volume 2'
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